This cache is placed in the Wolf Rock Nature Preserve east of Wolf Rock on an unmarked trail. It's a nice peaceful place to hike.

NO motor vehicles, NO campfires, dogs must be leashed. Horses ride the trails. Everyone MUST yield to horses.

About the Property

Wolf Rock is one of Mansfield’s most spectacular landmarks, consisting of a great glacial boulder, almost round, perhaps two yards in diameter. Perched atop a sheer forty-foot cliff, this huge boulder testifies to the force of the glacier that moved southward through this area, slicing off chunks of rock and steepening slopes. Wolves may have inhabited the area when the town was settled, but by the turn of this century, Wolf Rock had become a favorite destination for an afternoon walk. Once part of a large estate, bordered by an extensive stone wall still visible along Brown’s Road, Wolf Rock was the site of an observation tower. The tower is gone, but one of the rings that anchored it is still visible.

The ledge and the boulder have both together and separately been called Wolf Rock since earliest times. The “great rock on the height of the ledge” is mentioned in deeds as early as the late 18th century, and the view is almost as celebrated. Looking south-east from the top of the ledge you can see the Sawmill Brook valley below, and fields on Crane Hill Road.